pasive electronics

it doesn't mater

All things being equal I prefer passive. I just like simplicity. Also, take a good passive bass with a good tone, add an outboard pre-amp and there's your active bass; Mr. Battery craps out and you can still play.

I picked active simply because thats what I use now. However... it really depends. I DOES matter... Some passive basses rock the house down... some don't. Same thing with Active basses. It really depends on the bass and the person

I have two permanently active basses, two switchable pacssive/active basses and a completely passive bass. I'm actually looking at adding a pssive bass to my collection right now. It's all about sounds - if they get the sound you want doesn't matter if they're active or passive.

Generally though, I play the active ones - and where I play the ones with the option, they're on active mode!

Both for sure! My spector american active because of the awsome power i get from it! Great for slap and funk! But i love my 92 warwick corvette pass because she is so sweet sounding! Great for jazz. But i love my 67 fender pass because she has her own sound all together!

With most basses, the batery drains when the cord is in the bass's output jack.

I voted actice, because its great to be able to have a frequency curve in one direction without taking away from the tone. For example: Id rather dial in some boost on my bass knobs, than cut the treble from a passive bass. I feel like Im not losing anything from the sound as I would when cutting the trebble on a passive bass, and on a good pre-amp, it sounds organic and full.

On the other hand, it really stinks to depend on a batery, and be screwed when it cuts out in the middle of a gig. Thats why I love my G&L. Its got an active/passive switch, and separate bass and trebble knobs for passive mode, unlike some preamps which dont even feature a passive trebble cut on their passive circuits.

The G&L is a great bass for those who like the sounds of both active and passive basses, especially if you are unsure about reliability.

I need the actives to satisfy my need to tweak. I hate dead or dying batteries though and wish I could have an on-off switch put in. My Cirrus drains batteries quickly. I would be satisfied with a Roscoe Beck 5 if I was forced to go passive.